Whenever disturbing news is delivered to you, bear in mind that no news can ever be relevant to your reasoned choice. Can anyone break news to you that your assumptions or desires are wrong? No way! But they can tell you someone died - even so, what is that to you? Epictetus, Discourses, 3.18.1-2 . 불편한 뉴스가 당신에게 전해질 때 마다, 그 어떤 소식도 당신의 이성적인 선택과는 관련이 없다는 점을 명심하십시오. 누군가 당신의 가정이나 욕망이 잘못되었다고 말할 수 있습..
Whenever you have trouble getting up in the morning, remind yourself that you've been made by nature for the purpose of working with others, whereas even unthinking animals share sleeping. And it's our own natural purpose that is more fitting and more satisfying. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.12 . 아침에 일어나기 힘들 때마다, 당신이 다른 사람들과 함꼐 일하기 위해 자연에 의해 만들어 졌다는 것을 기억하세요.심지어 생각하지 않는 동물들도 잠을 자는 것을 공유하지만, 우..
The unjust person acts against the gods. For insofar as the nature of the universe made rational creatures for the sake of each other, with an eye toward mutual benefit based on true value and never for harm, anyone breaking nature's will obviously acts against the oldest of gods Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 9.1.1 . 불의한 사람은 신들에 반하는 행동을 합니다.우주의 본질이 이성적인 존재들이 서로를 위해, 진정한 가치를 기반으로 한 상호 이익을 위해 만들어..
As Plato said, every soul is deprived of truth against its will. The same holds true for justice, self-control, goodwill to others, and every similar virtue. It's essential to constantly keep this in your mind, for it will make you more gentle to all. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 7.63 . 플라톤이 말했듯, 모든 영혼은 자신의 의지와 상관없이 진리로부터 멀어집니다. 정의, 자기 통제, 타인에 대한 선의, 그리고 이와 유사한 덕목에도 마찬가지입니다. 이를 끊임없이 마음에 새기는 것이..
My reasoned choice is as indifferent to the reasoned choice of my neighbor, as to his breath and body. However much we've made for cooperation, the ruling reason in each of us is master of its own affairs. If this weren't the case, the evil in someone else could become my harm, and God didn't mean for someone else to control my misfortune. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 8.56 . 내 이성적인 선택은 이웃의 이성적..
As you move forward along the path of reason, people will stand in your way. They will never be able to keep you from doing what's sound, so don't let them knock out your goodwill for them. Keep a steady watch on both fronts, not only for well-based judgements and actions, but also for gentleness with those who would obstruct our path or create other difficulties. For getting angry is also a wea..